Display card



' March 10. 1925.

D. C. DAWSON DISPLAY CARD Filed Aug 22, 1923 vii/I171? 77922 n 0 Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES DON COLLIS DAWSON, OF COLUMBUS. OHIOv DISPLAY CARD.

Application filed August 22 1923v To 11]] who/n if may POINT/"Ill Be it known that I. Do): Dawson. a itizen of the United States. residing at 'klolumljius. in the county of Franklin and I State of Ohio. have invented a new and useful Display Card. of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide novel means whereby specta les may be so (lis- 10 played that persons desiring to purchase may test the spectacles without removing them from the support on which they are mounted. the term spectn'lerf being used generally. hereinafter without further explanation. to cover either glasses for reading. and the like. and, as well. that form of eye shield which is known as a pair of goggles.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventi n al'iliertains.

\l'ith the above and other objects in view, hich will appear as the description pro- 25 cceds. the invention resides in the tiUIllbilltltion and arrangement of parts and in the details of eonstriu tion hereinafter described and claimed. it being understood that. within the sco e ot' what is claimed. changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the :u-companving drawings:

Figure 1 shows in front elevation. a device constructtal in accordance with the invention. parts being broken away; Figure 2 is a side elevation; Figure 3 is a section on the line Il-il of Figure l l igure -l is a fragmental rear elevation.

In carrying out the invent ion there is provid d a support 1. in the form of a card or plate. the support ordinarily being disposed at an angle to the vertical. shown in Figure 2. and beini. held in that position by an easel 2 or any other device of a similar sort. The support 1 has main openings :1 which are spaced apart by a distance equal to the distance between the centers of the lenses of the spectacles. it being recalled that the term spectaeles" is to be construed as including gjoggles. Any suitable means may be pro- Serial No. 658.780.

vided for holding the spectacles on the support 1. If desired. the support 1 may be equipped with auxiliary openings 1. located outwardly of the main opening. The numeral 5 designates the lenses of a pair of spectacles. the lenses bein brought into registration with one pair ot the main openings P. The temples 6 of the spectacles may be extended through the auxiliary openings 1. and inter-engaged with each other. lzehind the support 1. as shown in Figure 1. If preferred. the temples ot' a se ond pair of spectacles. including lenses 7. may he crossed on each other. as shown in Figure 1. a fastener 9 being disposed about the temples at their place of crossing. the fastener bein; in the form of a. bendable staple. extended through the support 1. and having its ends 10 clinched on the back of the support. as shown in Figure 3.

Regardless of the particular means whereby the spectacles are held on the support 1. it will be understood that a. person may glance through any pair of spectacles on the support 1 ovviine to the position of the main openings 2% which are vertical with the lenses. The person. thus can test the spectacles without removing them from the card or support 1 and a great saving of time as well as wear and tear on the spectacles is avoided.

What is claimed is:

In a device of the class descril'ied. a support having main openings which are spaced apart by a distance equal to the distance between the lenses of a pair of spectacles. the support havin; auxiliary openings spaced from the main openings and adapted for the reception of the temples of a pair of specta cles. and so spaced that when the temples are engaged with the auxiliary openings. the lenses of the spta-tacles will he held in reuistration with the nriin openings. the support being thin enough so that the temples may he interengaged. behind the support.

In testimony that I claim the ft'il'egloing' as my own. I have hereto attixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

itnesses (Ir-vs. M. McMAs'rER. C. B. SMITH. 

